Algiers: The Untold Story: The African American Experience, 1929 - 1955 - Paperback

by Allyson Ward Neal (Author)

Algiers: The Untold Story, the African American Experience, 1929-1955 is a community history book that explores the lives of African Algiers community of New Orleans during the Great Depression, World War II and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

Author Biography

Allyson Ward Neal lived in the Algiers community of New Orleans in her formative years with her parents Lula Bocage Ward and James Ward, Jr. Mrs. Neal grew up on Thayer Street with her two brothers, Aaron Quinton and Andre Lamar Ward. The family lived only a few houses away from Mrs. Neal's Grandparents, Lillian Collins Watson and Philip Watson who often told stories about Algiers' social heyday.